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Nightly NewsCap: A light news day in the area, in AUDIO
It’s not been a particularly busy news day in the coverage area, but Lyndi has what there is here for the evening of Thursday, November 20, 2014, and your Nightly NewsCap! Topics covered include:...
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STUPID CRIME OF THE WEEK AWARD GOES TO: QUATRO’S PIZZA CUSTOMERS
JACKSON CO., Ill.—If there were a Stupid Crime of the Week award, it’s a pretty sure bet it would go to a couple of Quatro’s customers in Carbondale. That’s because last night, at about 10:20-10:25,...
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BOMB THREATS AT BOTH SALINE AND WHITE COUNTY COURTHOUSES
SALINE/WHITE COs., Ill.—Saline County chief deputy Ken Clore has confirmed to us this morning that two area courthouses are currently under bomb threats. Saline and White counties’ courthouses as of 9...
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ONE HELD ON MAKING TERRORIST THREATS OVER COURTHOUSE BOMB SCARE
Tevin Tate SALINE/WHITE COs., Ill.—A Saline County man is being held on making terrorist threats. Johnson County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call at approximately 7:36 am on this morning (Friday,...
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VIOLENT EX-COP HAS OP EXTENDED; BACKSTORY IS ON FRONT PAGE
Josh Green from Crawford County mugshot SALINE/RICHLAND/LAWRENCE Cos., Ill.—An agreement was reached yesterday in Saline County court regarding an Order of Protection filed against a former cop with a...
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Nightly NewsCap: Capping off your day with news in AUDIO
Lyndi rounds up your news headlines for the Friday, November 21 edition of your Nightly NewsCap! Topics covered include: Another set of bomb threats clears out Saline and White counties’ courthouses,...
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ANOTHER RESTAURANT BATTERY REPORTED IN JACKSON
No…not that kind of batter…. JACKSON CO., Ill.—Another battery of a restaurant manager has been charged in Jackson County, this one in Murphysboro. The incident that occurred yesterday morning (Friday,...
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FERRY AT CAVE-IN-ROCK CLOSED
HARDIN CO., Ill.—Kentucky authorities have advised motorists that the ferry across the Ohio River at Cave-in-Rock is closed today. The Kentucky Department of Transportation has advised that high winds...
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO METH OFFENSE
WILLIAMSON CO./U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, ILLINOIS–On November 19, 2014, Shannon L. Connett, 36, of Marion, Illinois, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to...
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CARBONDALE RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO CRACK COCAINE CONSPIRACY
JACKSON CO./U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, ILLINOIS—On November 19, 2014, Maurice Christian, a/k/a “Reece,” 26, of Carbondale, Illinois, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging...
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MAKANDA MAN SENTENCED FOR METHAMPHETAMINE OFFENSE
JACKSON CO./U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, ILLINOIS—On November 19, 2014, George G. Oliver, 56, of Makanda, was sentenced on a methamphetamine violation, the United States Attorney for the...
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FIRE IN ELIZABETHTOWN SHUTS DOWN HIGHWAY 146
HARDIN CO., Ill.—A fire at a two-story residential structure on the curve of Highway 146 going into Elizabethtown from the north has sprung back up again this evening after it burned briefly this...
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WILLIAMSON CO. MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO METH CONSPIRACY
WILLIAMSON CO./U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT ILLINOIS—On November 24, 2014, John S. Andrews, 30, of Marion, was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy, the United...
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THIRD FIRE AT BAR IN MARION LEAVES HEAVY DAMAGE
The exterior of Pip’s Bar after the fire last night MARION, Ill.—Marion Fire Department was call to Pip’s Bar at 307 Boyton Street in Marion last night at 10:50 p.m. Interior view of Pip’s fire...
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BREAKING: GUNSHOT VICTIMS IN MOUNDS, ILLINOIS
MOUNDS (Pulaski Co.), Ill.—Our sources in Mounds have reported that as of about 4:45 p.m., there have been gunshots fired in that town and two are injured, possibly very seriously. Our sources are...
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JUVENILE DECEASED AFTER SHOTS FIRED IN MOUNDS, ILLINOIS
PULASKI CO., Ill.—Illinois State Police are investigating the shooting incident that occurred earlier this evening in downtown Mounds, Illinois, that’s left one dead. Sadly, both individuals struck by...
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MARION WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MULTIPLE FRAUDS
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill./U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT ILLINOIS—Tajuana L. Sullivan, 27, of Marion, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty in federal district court to fraud in a scheme to defraud and...
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KIDS WILL NEVER LEARN: FORMER CO. BD. MEMBER’S BOY IN SERIOUS WRECK
HARDIN CO., Ill.—After multiple drunk driving accidents in and around Hardin County that have either seriously injured or taken the lives of a number of underage kids, you might think that some of them...
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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE GIVE DETAILS ABOUT HARCO ROAD WRECK
Photo courtesy Saline County Sheriff’s Department SALINE CO., Ill.—Illinois State Police have released formal information following the early-morning wreck today on Harco Road just south of Mt....
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SENTENCINGS IN SALINE COUNTY IN NOVEMBER ANNOUNCED
SALINE CO., Ill.–The Saline County State’s Attorney’s office has announced the sentencings carried out in the month of November. Madison Stefko mugshot, SCDC Casey Heflin mugshot, SCDC Edward M....
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